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The Discworld stories are highly regarded for their witty writing style, incisive satire, and charismatic characters. Their differences from more traditional fantasy stories such as Tolkien’s contributed to their great popularity. For context, we recommend first reading the Ankh-Morpork...

The history covers towards the end of the first book, but the DC Heroes write-up itself would be around the middle of the second book. The Powers summarize the metals she regularly has at her disposal. Other Powers would of course be available if she discovers other metals. Readers...

King describes the work as his “most raw” writing, and having “a surprising power to hurt and horrify”. Carrie herself is heavily based on a composite of two girls King knew during his time in school in Maine. Though the novel was thrown into the thrash due to...

More context During the 28th century humanity discovers a ring world. This is an artificial ring about one million miles wide and approximately the diameter of Earth’s orbit (which makes it about 600 million miles in circumference). It encircles a Sol-type star. It rotates,...

With one exception : the dreaded man-beasts called the tor-o-dons have the uncanny ability to control these monsters. By screaming a command that sounds like “Wheeooo” and using a staff to beat on their fearsome heads, the tor-o-dons change the giant killer into a submissive...

Background Real Name: Lu-Tze Alter Ego: The Sweeper Former Aliases: Lousy Marital Status: Single Known Relatives: None Group Affiliation: The Monks of History (History Monks, the Men in Saffron, No Such Monastery) Base Of Operations: Monastery of Oi Dong Height: ? Weight: ? This...

Background Real Name: Esmeralda Weatherwax. Other Aliases: Mistress Weatherwax, Aaoograha hoa (Trollish for “She Who Must Be Avoided”), K‘ez’rek d‘b’duz (Dwarvish for “Go Around the Other Side of the Mountain”), Hag o’ Hags, The Other One...